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Programming note: If you’ve got some questions about the team or things to get off your chest, please join Ben at 2 p.m. EST today for a live Dolphins Q&A. Click THIS LINK to ask a question (you can start now).

It wasn’t too long ago when it seemed wide receiver Brian Hartline had disappeared in the Miami offense. His re-emergence is where we start our talking points for Monday …

Even as my colleague Ben Volin heads for Mobile, Ala., and the Senior Bowl, where he’ll be reporting this week on numerous topics including the Dolphins’ search for a quarterback, another potential candidate surfaced Sunday with the news that Carson Palmer has requested a trade from Cincinnati.

Palmer, 31, whom the Bengals made the first overall pick in the 2004 draft, is understandably frustrated with the team’s inconsistencies over the years. …

Just as Aaron Rodgers was a good prep for Ben Roethlisberger in terms of a mobile quarterback, the Cincinnati receiving corps may help the Dolphins be ready for Baltimore, which is where we start our Wednesday morning talking points:

1. The Ravens boast at least as much quality and depth in their receiving as the Bengals did.

Perhaps aware that Chad Ochocinco had spoken on a conference call with the South Florida media earlier in the day, Dolphins receiver Brandon Marshall took the opportunity to move his ‘day’ to talk up from Thursday to Wednesday this week. The result was a lovefest.

Marshall said when Denver played its season opener at Cincinnati last season, Ochocinco approached him and planted a kiss on his forehead.

Chad Ochocinco is certainly an accomplished receiver. He has over 10,000 career receiving yards and 64 touchdowns in nine-plus seasons, with six Pro Bowl invitations and two First Team All-Pro selections.

But is Ochocinco still an elite receiver in his 10th NFL season at age 32? A matchup against Vontae Davis, the Dolphins’ second-year cornerback, will be a good test, he says.